Youth Treatment Services Coordinator - Bakari

Position Summary:

Responsible for providing coordination services to youth at Bakari Center. Coordination services include involving residents and their families in planning, implementing and coordinating services and resources, and assisting with all aspects of transition planning.

The Residential Care Center is licensed under the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Chapter 52 to provide a Type II residential treatment facility for 24 youth (ages 13-17).

• Essential Functions:
• Provide coordination services that reflect the objectives of the treatment model and includes significant attention to youth engagement, positive reinforcement, and use of evidence-based best practices.
• Monitor the referral system and assist with admissions.
• Provide orientation programming for youth upon arrival to Bakari Center, inventory belongings and coordinate with families to obtain items such as clothing and personal care needs.
• Complete a case management assessment, and develop forms such as the Youth Care Plan, Aftercare plan and discharge summaries including domains of medical and health, educational and vocational, independent living skills, recreational interests, and permanency goals.
• Work collaboratively with the Clinicians to update the biopsychosocial domains of medical and health, educational and vocational, independent living skills, recreational interests, and permanency goals in the treatment plan.
• Provide resource referrals and coordination of services, including aftercare for youth and their families.
• Attend all court activities, appointments and/or arrange or provide transportation as needed.
• Coordinate and monitor education services for youth. This includes general education, vocational education, job readiness training, and tutorial services.
• Facilitate team meetings monthly and as needed for youth.
• Co-facilitate value added, extra-curricular school activities and participate in on-site programming for youth.
• Work with the youth’s team to develop weekend pass plans, including dates, times, supervision plan, and transportation, and communicate to all parties involved, weekly.
• Work in collaboration with the clinicians to ensure that annual medical and dental exams are completed for residents.
• Assist with medication administration, developing medication administration records monthly and as medications change, obtaining medication refills in collaboration with the Bakari Center Nurse, and preparing medications for weekend passes.
• Facilitate all aspects of discharge planning and work closely with MST-FIT team and Wraparound Milwaukee as required for transition planning.
• Maintain a daily log and progress notes for each youth that documents daily contacts.
• Review communication logs and narratives to generate weekly behavioral summaries to be shared with the youth’s team.
• Attend multi-disciplinary weekly staffing and monthly team meetings.
• Manage youth records/files ensuring they are compliant with licensing and funding requirements.
• Complete incident reporting requirements and notifications to funders and caregivers in collaboration with the management and clinical teams.
• Assist with managing information for quality assurance purposes including performance outcome measure data, center registry, and billing purposes.
• Work as part of the clinical on-call rotation responding to crisis and supporting direct care staff with treatment and case management suggestions.
• Keep appropriate documentation for all funding sources.
• Maintain communication liaison relationships with professionals related to Residential Care Center, Type II.
• Uphold and promote a positive and supportive culture for youth and staff.
• Maintain confidentiality within all written and verbal communications
• Adhere to state licensing requirements.
• Adhere to WCS Policies and Procedures.

Other Duties and Responsibilities: Provide coverage for absent staff and direct service to clients as needed. Other job-related duties as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position.